Ashton Pridgen
Ms. Sarah Higgins
Communications120-01A
March 4, 2013
Listen Up!The concept of listening is acknowledged as an essential component of effective communication by many disciplines. Listening has always been considered a crucial component that people use to show that they care. According to the text book Interpersonal Communication, “Listening is a complex process of selecting, attending to, constructing meaning from, remembering, and responding to verbal and nonverbal messages” (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, 2011). It is a significant part of communication process. Communication cannot take place until and unless a message is heard and retained thoroughly and positively by the receiver. You will improve your productivity, as well as your ability to influence, persuade and negotiate. What is more, you will avoid conflict and misunderstandings. When you listen, you take the words and sounds that you hear and attempt to make sense of them. The more accurately you interpret these words and sounds correctly from their deliverer, the better listener you become.

Applying listening to interpersonal communication can vary in many different ways. In interpersonal communication, you have two people taking part in a one-on-one conversation that ranges from semi-important to important conversation. If you were to ask your parents for permission to go to a party with your friends, you might listen more intently. If you compare that to just having a conversation with someone that was simply rambling on about a problem that they have going on in their life, the concept of listening will be implied differently. The answer you receive from your parents, determining if you would be able to attend this party or not, is much more important to you than having to hear about your friend’s problems. In both of these very different situations, listening is an essential part of the conversations. In comparing these two situations, listening is more important when being...

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...﻿Up (2009 film)
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Up
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Pete Docter
Produced by
Jonas Rivera
Screenplay by
Bob Peterson
Pete Docter
Story by
Pete Docter
Bob Peterson
Thomas McCarthy
Starring
Ed Asner
Christopher Plummer
Jordan Nagai
Bob Peterson
Music by
Michael Giacchino
Cinematography
Patrick Lin
Jean-Claudie Kalache
Edited by
Kevin Nolting
Production
company
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date(s)
May 29, 2009
Running time
96 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$175 million[1]
Box office
$731,342,744[2]
Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter, the film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell (Jordan Nagai). By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South America and to complete a promise made to his late lifelong love. The film was co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.
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...Longest without Saying Anything”
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...Business Ethics
Up in the Air (2009)
Reviewed by David A. Thomas, Prof. of Rhetoric, Emeritus, University of Richmond[i]
“We Appreciate Your Loyalty”—American Airlines Slogan.
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